Devil's Matchstick
This truly wild and odd looking lichen is also known in some parts of the world as the nail lichen and is found in the Pacific Northwest of North America and in parts of Eastern Eurasia. The apothecia (round black heads) are the reproductive part of the lichen that will release millions of wind-blown spores (similar to a mushroom) that will start a new lichens if they land on a suitable rock. These were found next to the Greenwater River in Pierce County, Washington at mid-elevation in the Cascade Mountains.
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America, Ascomycota, Baeomyces acicularis, Cascade Mountains, Cenomyces acicularis, Cladonia acicularis, Cladoniaceae, Fungi, Greenwater Trail, Lecanorales, Lecanoromycetes, P. aciculare, P. acicularis, PNW, Pacific NW, Pacific Northwest, Pierce County, Pilophoron aciculare, Pilophorus, Pilophorus acicularis, Stereocaulaceae, Stereocaulon aciculare, USA, United States, Washington, autumn, black, black head, botany, crustose, devil's matchstick, fall, fruticose, fungus, gray, grey, head, lichen, lichenized fungi, nail lichen, odd, thallus, weird, wild
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- Club Lichens
